Richard Raaphorst
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"Frankenstein's Army" represent's Raaphorst's feature directorial debut, but he has many credits as a concept and storyboard artist on such European-made films as Paul Verhoeven's "Black Book" and Stuart Gordon's "Dagon."
Striking an exact balance between Saving Private Ryan and Frankenstein's Army (2013), this super-gory Nazi-zombie horror is great fun and unrelenting throughout its violent twists and atmospheric turns.
After being blown out of the sky, the group is flung into the middle of a village that’s been taken over by a small but virulent group of Nazis who have a suspicious obsession with the local church on which the comm tower has been placed.When I first came across Overlord I was pretty sure it had all been done before, with films like Dead Snow and Frankenstein’s Army already covering the whole “Nazi experiments gone even wronger than you’d expect Nazi experiments to go” angle.
Sometimes such devotion translates to lesser combat presence (Frankenstein’s Army), but Avery’s Speilbergian battlefield intensity is rip-roaring sensational.
Outpost (2008), The Devil’s Rock (2011), Frankenstein’s Army (2013)… it’s a short list.
Yet the sum of its Frankenstein’s Army -like parts rarely add up to originality.